États-Unis Attentes inflationnistes

US consumer inflation expectations for the year ahead edged down to 2.9% in October 2024, the lowest since October 2020, from 3% in each of the previous four months. Year-ahead commodity price expectations declined for gas (-0.2 percentage point to 3.2%), food (-0.2 percentage point to 4.3%), college education (-0.2 percentage point to 5.7%), rent (-0.4 percentage point to 5.9%) and medical care (-0.8 percentage point to 5.8%, the lowest reading since January 2020). In addition, median home price growth expectations were unchanged at 3%. Meanwhile, three-year-ahead inflation expectations declined by 0.2 ppt to 2.5% and five-year-ahead inflation expectations fell by 0.1 ppt to 2.8%.